List of Middle Eastern countries by population explained
The following is a list of countries in the Middle East sorted by projected population.
Table
| Rank | Country
(or dependent territory) | 2020projection[1] | % of
pop. | Average
relative
annual
growth
(%)[2] | Average
absolute
annual
growth
[3] | Estimated
doubling
time
(years)[4] | Official
figure
(where
available) | data-sort-type=date | Date of
last figure! | Source |
|---|
| 1 | | 113,210,388 | 22.53 | 1.94 | 1,981,000 | 31 | | , | https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/egypt-population/ |
| 2 | | 89,351,259 | 18.51 | 1.30 | 1,001,000 | 54 | | , | https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/iran-population/ |
| 3 | | 85,372,377 | 18.63 | 1.09 | 909,452 | 64 | 83,614,362 | December 31, 2023 | https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/turkey-population/ |
| 4 | | 40,063,400 | 8.85 | 2.32 | 1,030,000 | 24 | 40,575,000 | 2020 | https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/iraq-population/ |
| 5 | | 34,719,000 | 7.67 | 1.59 | 751,000 | 29 | 34,719,418 | April 28, 2020 | https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/saudi-arabia-population/ |
| 6 | | 29,710,300 | 6.56 | 2.28 | 766,000 | 24 | 29,719,300 | April 28, 2020 | https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/yemen-population/ |
| 7 | | 17,425,600 | 3.85 | 2.45 | 557,000 | 29 | 21,377,000 | April 28, 2020 | https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/syria-population/ |
| 8 | | 10,185,500 | 2.25 | 1.00 | 183,000 | 26 | 10,248,069 | 2020 | https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/jordan-population/ |
| 9 | | 9,869,000 | 2.18 | 1.32 | 83,000 | 76 | 9,154,000 | April 28, 2020 | https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/united-arab-emirates-population/ |
| 10 | | 9,842,000 | 1.91 | 1.60 | 162,000 | 37 | 9,100,000 | February 11, 2024 | https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/israel-population/ |
| 11 | | 6,830,600 | 1.51 | -0.44 | 75,000 | 39 | 6,830,600 | April 28, 2020 | https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/lebanon-population/ |
| 12 | | 5,081,600 | 1.12 | 2.65 | 204,000 | 14 | | , | https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/oman-population/ |
| 13 | | 4,259,500 | 0.94 | 1.51 | 121,000 | 23 | 4,259,500 | April 28, 2020 | https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/kuwait-population/ |
| 14 | | 2,113,000 | 0.47 | 4.29 | 87,000 | 16 | 2,412,483 | October 31, 2015 | Monthly official estimate |
| 15 | | 1,690,900 | 0.37 | 3.68 | 122,000 | 10 | 1,701,000 | April 28, 2020 | https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/bahrain-population/ |
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Notes and References
- Calculated, when available, from the latest national censuses or most recent official estimates (many of which are cited in their respective column), using the exponential formula shown on the List of countries by past and future population article. This is done to normalize the different populations to a unique date, so that they are really comparable.
- It corresponds to the following formula: projection2020/projection2019x100-100.
- It corresponds to the calculation: projection2015*annual_growth/100.
- It corresponds to the formula: LN(2)/LN(growth/100+1), which produces exactly the same result as LOG10(2)/LOG10(growth/100+9).
